Humans are (degraded) offspring of Angels and Demons
Humans are closer to the original version of Anu than either Angels or Demons, in the sense that they encompass light and dark, good and evil, and the ability to be both and/or choose without being bound to one or the other. Think of it as a 're-evolution' if you will. One of the reasons the heavens and the hells both fear what humans could become.
With this in mind, I can only imagine Tyrael being a true human if he now had the capacity for evil. (This doesnt mean he has to be evil or become corrupted - but he has to have the capacity for it). Because one cant simply 'be human' in the Diablo story sense, unless you embodied the ability to be good or evil. Isnt that what the Nephalum were all about? The sum of Angels and demons, embodying both, with the power to be greater. Being human means you have the ability to be and encompass both, and arent bound to being a being 'of light' or 'of darkness' for all eternity.
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I think an answer to this thread is basically summed up as Tyrael now sees humans as an evolution of Angels and Demons to embrace. This would signal a pretty big change in the story, because they're currently thought of as 'the degraded offspring of angels and demons' - and even feared. But now can be revered as beings that aren't bound to their birthright (light or dark) and each other in the way that Angels and Demons are. Free. And that this makes humans not only more powerful, but represents a better way to exist.
This doesnt mean Tyrael 100% is human , but he can still follow a human path (of choice) and aspire to embody what it represents to be human, which is the ability to be free to choose between good and evil and not bound by your birthright or your fate.
But now i have a question, what do the heroes have that the angels and the archangels don't have, granted, it is our duty as players to stop Diablo (that is the main point of the game right?), but lore-wise, what makes us (heroes) powerful enough to stop diablo than the angels themselves, according to what witch doctor says at the start of act 4.
Humans have the same balance that Anu originally himself embodied. He was the sum of light and dark, good and evil. The ability to encompass everything.
Angels and demons are ultimately each one side of an equation, created by Anu after he cast out his taint (Tathamet). They are inexorably and eternally linked - and neither could ever remove the other from existence - nor embody the fullness of light and dark together.
Being spawn of both, humans have the ability to transcend in a way that neither Angels nor Demons can. They aren't bound to a destiny of being 'of light' or 'of darkness'. If the Eternal Conflict is heaven vs hell, when neither can ever destroy (or exist) without the other, it will take unbound outsiders like the Nephalem to do what the Angels cannot.
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I think it's very interesting that Nephalem are closer to the original version of Anu (aka 'the sum of all things - light and dark") than either Angels or Demons (who are each essentially one half of an equation, cast out, yet eternally linked).
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Humans are closer to the original version of Anu than either Angels or Demons, in the sense that they encompass light and dark, good and evil, and the ability to be both and/or choose without being bound to one or the other. Think of it as a 're-evolution' if you will.
With this in mind, I can only imagine Tyrael being a true human if he now had the capacity for evil. (This doesnt mean he has to be evil or become corrupted - but he has to have the capacity for it). Because one cant simply 'be human' in the Diablo story sense, unless you embodied the ability to be good or evil. Isnt that what the Nephalum were all about? The sum of Angels and demons, embodying both, with the power to be greater. Being human means you have the ability to be and encompass both, and arent bound to being a being 'of light' or 'of darkness' for all eternity.
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I think an answer to this thread is basically summed up as Tyrael now sees humans as an evolution of Angels and Demons to embrace. This would signal a pretty big change in the story, because they're currently thought of as 'the degraded offspring of angels and demons' - and even feared. But now can be revered as beings that aren't bound to their birthright (light or dark) and each other in the way that Angels and Demons are. Free. And that this makes humans not only more powerful, but represents a better way to exist.
This doesnt mean Tyrael 100% is human , but he can still follow a human path (of choice) and aspire to embody what it represents to be human, which is the ability to be free to choose between good and evil and not bound by your birthright or your fate.
1
Humans have the same balance that Anu originally himself embodied. He was the sum of light and dark, good and evil. The ability to encompass everything.
Angels and demons are ultimately each one side of an equation, created by Anu after he cast out his taint (Tathamet). They are inexorably and eternally linked - and neither could ever remove the other from existence - nor embody the fullness of light and dark together.
Being spawn of both, humans have the ability to transcend in a way that neither Angels nor Demons can. They aren't bound to a destiny of being 'of light' or 'of darkness'. If the Eternal Conflict is heaven vs hell, when neither can ever destroy (or exist) without the other, it will take unbound outsiders like the Nephalem to do what the Angels cannot.
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I think it's very interesting that Nephalem are closer to the original version of Anu (aka 'the sum of all things - light and dark") than either Angels or Demons (who are each essentially one half of an equation, cast out, yet eternally linked).